#8A59EC#8A59EC

#8A59EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.211 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59EC
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 51.91, -67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 85.03, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0872 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.211 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1899, 18.6034, 81.3935)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59EC #BBEC59

analogous

#5971EC #8A59EC #D359EC

triadic

#8A59EC #EC8A59 #59EC8A

tetradic

#8A59EC #EC5971 #BBEC59 #59ECD3

square

#8A59EC #EC5971 #BBEC59 #59ECD3

split-complementary

#8A59EC #ECD359 #71EC59

monochromatic

#4A15B6 #6322E6 #8A59EC #B190F2 #D7C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A59EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A59EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59EC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59EC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.211 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af3',
    500: '#8a59ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ec;
$custom-light: #b38af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59316,
    "c": 0.211,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59EC

secondary

#D9EAB6

accent

#DC0A96

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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